Graphic of the possible locations of moon impact – represented by yellow points – of asteroid 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032, as of Apr. 2, 2025. Photo: NASA JPL/CNEOS To be clear, the asteroid ...

The asteroid poses no threat to the moon or Earth. A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet ...

Keep reading to learn more, including when 2024 YR4 is expected to make impact. Before you start to worry about how apocalyptic an asteroid hitting the moon could be, it's important to realize ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck.

But, experts at NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4's chance of hitting the Moon - increasing it from 1.7% to 3.8%.

At first, asteroid 2024 YR4 seemed like a potential threat to Earth, but that risk has since been greatly reduced. The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances ...

Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of asteroid 2024 YR4, which became infamous earlier ...

Still, a small chance remained that it could strike the Moon instead. As per the report, a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters sheds light on asteroid 2024 YR4. Scientists ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is expected to zoom past the Earth today at a speed of around 19,193 miles per hour.